Mission sui iuris Afghanistan
Mission Sui Iuris of Afghanistan
Afghanistanien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite mission sui iuris covering Afghanistan, erected 16 May 2002 and entrusted to the Barnabites (Clerics Regular of St. Paul). Its base was the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Providence inside the Italian embassy in Kabul. Since the 2021 Taliban takeover the Catholic Church has had no functioning presence in the country and the mission operates in exile.
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- Established
- 2002
- Catholics
- 205
- Priests
- 4
- Territory
- 647,500 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Giovanni M. Scalese
- Born
- 19 August 1955
- Birthplace
- Roma
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI DI S. PAOLO (BARNABITI)
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The cathedral
Our Lady of Divine Providence Chapel, Kabul stands in Afghanistan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Covering the whole territory of Afghanistan, the Mission sui iuris of Afghanistan (Latin: Missio sui juris Afghanistaniensis) stands under the direct jurisdiction of the Catholic Church and is immediately subject to the Holy See. The Holy See established the mission and entrusted it to the Order of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul, the community known as the Barnabites. At its head is an Ecclesiastical Superior (Latin: Superior Ecclesiasticus), who acts as the Local Ordinary (Can. 134 §2).